AoE2 DB

Cheat Codes

Press Enter in a single-player game and type any of these. Cheats disable Steam achievements for that game, so save them for skirmish fun. Hit Copy to grab any code.

Resources

  • cheese steak jimmy's

    +10,000 food (needs the apostrophe)

  • lumberjack

    +10,000 wood

  • robin hood

    +10,000 gold

  • rock on

    +10,000 stone

  • ninjaconnor

    +100,000 of every resource at once (ninjalui and rowshep do the same)

Special units

  • how do you turn this on

    Spawns a Cobra Car — a fast, powerful armed vehicle

  • to smithereens

    Spawns a Saboteur — a unit that explodes, destroying nearby buildings

  • furious the monkey boy

    Spawns Furious the Monkey Boy — a fast, building-smashing monkey

  • i love the monkey head

    Spawns a VMDL — a harmless novelty unit

  • photon man

    Spawns a Photon Man — a laser-firing trooper (an upgraded Hand Cannoneer)

  • catzor

    Spawns Sharkatzor — a fast, tanky flying siege unit

  • alpaca simulator

    Spawns Alfred the Alpaca — a very heavily armed and armored fighter

  • i don't exist

    Spawns a War Penguin — a heavily armed and armored penguin

Map & gameplay

  • aegis

    Instant building, research, conversion and resource gathering

  • marco

    Reveals the entire map

  • polo

    Removes the fog of war

  • natural wonders

    Take control of nature (animals); you lose control of your own units

Power-ups & toggles

  • tech tech one two free

    All technologies cost nothing to research

  • going above and beyond

    Research the same technology up to 256 times, stacking its effect

  • my cpu can handle it

    Raises your population cap to 1,000

  • noui

    Hides the in-game interface; type it again to bring it back

  • woof woof

    Turns birds into flying Stormy Dogs

Win & lose

  • i r winner

    Instant victory

  • resign

    You resign — instant defeat

  • wimpywimpywimpy

    Destroys you (instant loss)

  • black death

    Destroys all other players, including your own allies

  • torpedo<n>

    Destroys player number n (e.g. torpedo3)